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So what I am getting at is it really pays in the long run to have someone on your side and knows how your licensing is laid out and can back you up. I really think if it wasn't for him and our preexisting business relationship it would have turned into a time consuming black hole nightmare for me.
DRC only employs crackpots. Michigan Ed. IT here. DRC was adopted 4 years ago. TSMs save lives. Their Job is a sheet of paper, and Compare your Data with the Sheet, then use a policy to make sure your inline. If you can avoid them, I strongly suggest you do. Then Look towards, Office ? They just haven't came yet, and you want to keep it that way. Great program that scans through the network and gathers an inventory of everything which can then report on what licensing you might need.
Have to agree with others, do not go directly to Microsoft requesting an audit. Any involvement from MS will lead to confusion, frustration and almost certainly cost you more then you need to speed.
To continue this discussion, please ask a new question. Get answers from your peers along with millions of IT pros who visit Spiceworks. Hello ye olde spicians! Best Answer. Artie This person is a verified professional. The remedies and other requirements in case of compliance issue occurs are documented in your Volume License Agreements refer the clause on Compliance Verification.
If you need additional clarification, contact your Microsoft Account Manager. Is this correct? Microsoft license compliance verification audit. Nature of engagement - Mandatory contractual requirement Performed by - Independent, internationally recognized certified public accounting firms.
How does Microsoft select customers for license compliance verifications? How can customers prepare for Microsoft license compliance verifications? What should customers expect from a Microsoft license compliance verification? Who performs Microsoft license compliance verifications? After running the Audit log search tool in the compliance center, you can export the audit records returned by the search to a CSV file. This lets you use Microsoft Excel sort and filter on different audit record properties.
This lets you effectively view and compare similar data for different events. For more information, see Export, configure, and view audit log records. This lets organizations retain auditing data for longer periods than the default 90 days and lets them import their auditing data to a SIEM solution. When an audited activity is performed by a user or admin, an audit record is generated and stored in the audit log for your organization.
In Basic Audit, records are retained for 90 days, which means you can search for activities that occurred within the past three months. Advanced Audit builds on the capabilities of Basic Audit by providing audit log retention policies, longer retention of audit records, high-value crucial events, and higher bandwidth access to the Office Management Activity API.
Audit log retention policies. You can create customized audit log retention policies to retain audit records for longer periods of time up to one year and up to 10 years for users with required add-on license. You can create a policy to retain audit records based the service where the audited activities occur, specific audited activities, or the user who performs an audited activity.
Longer retention of audit records. Audit records for all other activities are retained for 90 days by default, or you can use audit log retention policies to configure longer retention periods. High-value, crucial Advanced Audit events. Audit records for crucial events can help your organization conduct forensic and compliance investigations by providing visibility to events such as when mail items were accessed, or when mail items were replied to and forwarded, or when and what a user searched for in Exchange Online and SharePoint Online.
These crucial events can help you investigate possible breaches and determine the scope of compromise. Although all organizations that have Basic Audit or Advanced Audit are initially allocated a baseline of 2, requests per minute, this limit will dynamically increase depending on an organization's seat count and their licensing subscription.
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